1. New York Giants +3 2. New Orleans Saints +3 3. Pittsburgh Steelers -2 4. Indianapolis Colts +3 5. Atlanta Falcons +3 6. New England Patriots -3 7. Baltimore Ravens +2 8. Philadelphia Eagles -6 9. Minnesota Vikings +1 10. New York Jets +5 11. San Francisco 49ers +3 12. Tennessee Titans -6 13. Dallas Cowboys NC 14. San Diego Chargers -3 15. Buffalo Bills +2 On the bubble: (Chicago, Green Bay, Arizona, Cincinnati) __________________
Why do you have the Giants ranked above the Saints. By your own power rankings the Eagles are #9 and the Cowboys are unranked. The Saints blew out the Eagles while the Giants struggled to pull out a last second win over the Cowboys
Cowboys are 13. Eagles were #2 in my poll last week. Hard to place them now with McNabb out, but I think #9 is about right. They still have a great defense, it's just the Saints offense is too good right now. I base my decision on who would win if playing each other on a neutral field. Dallas isn't an easy place to win at and the Giants still managed to do it after not playing well for most of the game. I think the Giants are a more complete team than the Saints at this point.
The giants did beat the cowboys but both teams played very poorly. The cowboys gave away four turnovers and it still took a last second field goal to beat them. That's not as big a deal as New York's red zone offense. And it wasn't just this game. It was last game too. They have to improve there or they won't get very far. Right now, I would put the Saints ahead but it's very close.
Here are the fan's rankings on ESPN (first place votes are in parenthesis): 1 Giants (1,090) 116,683 2 Saints (1,193) 113,937 3 Colts (304) 106,729 4 Ravens (381) 101,812 5 Jets (168) 96,937 6 Vikings (265) 94,625 7 Steelers (226) 93,282 8 Falcons (74) 90,701 9 Patriots (71) 77,990 10 49ers (109) 74,793 11 Chargers (22) 67,666 12 Eagles (24) 64,003 13 Bears (89) 63,892 14 Cowboys (33) 63,785 15 Broncos (66) 62,061 16 Packers (31) 59,445 17 Cardinals (15) 58,940 18 Bills (29) 51,858 19 Titans (10) 46,957 20 Texans (14) 46,221 21 Bengals (25) 41,967 22 Dolphins (9) 38,235 23 Seahawks (8) 37,779 24 Redskins (19) 36,746 25 Panthers (6) 28,832 26 Raiders (22) 27,982 27 Jaguars (4) 24,977 28 Buccaneers (2) 24,200 29 Chiefs (17) 20,509 30 Browns (12) 19,619 31 Rams (5) 14,439 32 Lions (22) 12,649
